Gastric carcinoids: Between underestimation and overtreatment

Pernicious Anaemia with Gastric Carcinoids.

We report the case of a 42 year male with history of chronic anaemia who was found to have pernicious anaemia with beta thalassemia trait and had on esophago-gastric-duodenoscopy, gastric carcinoids with gastric atrophy. Pernicious anaemia and gastric carcinoids occurring simultaneously in a single individual is rare. Our case emphasises the need for esophago-gastric-duodenoscopy in cases of pe...

Inhibition of acid and gastric carcinoids.

Type I gastric carcinoids in atrophic gastritis.

DESCRIPTION An elderly woman with vitamin B12 deficiency was evaluated for dysphagia. Upper endoscopy identified Schatzki’s ring, the likely cause of her dysphagia, and atrophic gastric mucosa with absent folds and prominent vasculature (figure 1A). In addition, there were several erythematous papules in the gastric body (figure 1B,C). Biopsies of the papules revealed trabecular infiltrates of ...

Gastric polyposis caused by multiple carcinoids and early carcinoma.

A case of gastric polyposis caused by multiple carcinoids with concurrent gastric carcinoma is reported in a 70 year old woman with severe atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. On microscopic examination, the carcinoids and gastric carcinoma arose separately thus representing "double primaries". Long-standing hypergastrinaemia probably plays a causative role in the development of carcin...

Therapeutic approaches in gastric, appendicular and rectal carcinoids

Gastric carcinoids These tumors are divided into: type I , associated with atrophic gastritis; type II, associated with MEN I and type III, sporadic, not associated with any other diseases. GETs (type III tumors) are very rare tumors without predisposing factors for their development. Dysplastic lesions in the gastric mucosa present the following general features: not endoscopically detectable,...